Brandon Bosley facing new federal charges [Video]

ST. LOUIS — A former St. Louis alderman is facing new federal charges involving fraud, according to an indictment filed Wednesday.

Brandon Bosley is accused of asking a used car dealer to defraud an insurance company. The incident happened in 2021.

The grand jury indictment says Bosely bought a car from a man for $500, but the value was nearly $10,000. Bosley drove the Toyota Prius as his personal vehicle but did not register it in his name until April 2022.

In September 2021, another car struck Bosley’s Prius. Five months later, the Missouri Farm Bureau Insurance Company contacted Bosley to pay for repairs.

Bosley asked the used car dealer to prepare an estimate for repairs for the insurance company. In conversations outlined in the indictment, Bosley convinces the man to inflate the estimate and total the vehicle.

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